Kevin Wieseman, voted acting principal Friday by the Huntsville City school board, even wore the Generals' colors to the meeting. (The Huntsville Times/Eric Schultz)

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Kevin Wieseman has already helped guide one Huntsville high school into a new building and now hopes for the opportunity to do it again.

In a special Friday meeting, the Huntsville City school board voted 4-0 to name Wieseman acting principal at Lee High School, which is scheduled to move into a new building on Meridian Street this summer.

Former football coach

Following the meeting, Wieseman said he served as an "extra administrator" while serving as football coach at Huntsville High. Wieseman said he worked with architects and "coordinated the move into the new building" six years ago as Huntsville High migrated to the building facing Bob Wallace Avenue.

"That experience and the Lee situation, they pretty much go hand in hand," Wieseman said.

Wieseman in a sense swaps places with Paul Parvin, who was hired as the director of athletics of city schools on Thursday after being principal at Lee since 2007.

"He's a perfect match," Huntsville Superintendent Casey Wardynski said of Parvin. "He's been a coach for some time; he knows about school leadership.

"We're looking to ramp up athletics in our district. We want our kids to see winning teams. We're elevating the expectations in athletics, and bringing Paul (in as athletic director) is part of that."

Wieseman had been working in the central office wearing a variety of hats, including director of instructional support and director of athletics.

Wardynski said Wieseman had expressed a desire to become a principal.

He will begin Feb. 6 in a temporary position while the system advertises for the full-time position.

Wieseman will be welcome to apply for the full-time position, Wardynski said.

'A perfect match'

"I picked him, so I'd say he's a perfect match," said Wardynski, who recommended Wieseman's appointment as principal at Lee to the school board.

Indeed, Wieseman - who has worked in Huntsville City schools for 21 years - said becoming a principal was a "bucket list" item.

"If you have the leadership intangibles about you, you want to be the man or the woman," Wieseman said. "I've always aspired to be a leader. But I understand leadership is part of the whole.

"One of the things I want to do is go in with a group of people during this transition at Lee while they are going to the new school and hopefully bring it on line."